The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet long used to treat refractory epilepsy; ketogenesis (ketone body formation) is a physiological phenomenon also observed in patients following lowcarbohydrate, low-calorie diets prescribed for rapid weight loss. We report the case of a pair of twin sisters, whose high-frequency migraine improved during a ketogenic diet they followed in order to lose weight. The observed time-lock between ketogenesis and migraine improvement provides some insight into how ketones act to improve migraine.
Diet transiently improves migraine in two twin sisters: Possible role of ketogenesis? / DI LORENZO, C., Curra', A., A., C., G., S., Coppola, G., Bracaglia, M., Cardillo, A., A., D.N., L., D.N., Pierelli, F.. - In: FUNCTIONAL NEUROLOGY. - ISSN 0393-5264. - STAMPA. - 28:4(2013), pp. 305-308. [10.11138/fneur/2013.28.4.305]
Diet transiently improves migraine in two twin sisters: Possible role of ketogenesis?
DI LORENZO, CHERUBINO;CURRA', antonio;COPPOLA, GIANLUCA;BRACAGLIA, MARTINA;CARDILLO, ALESSANDRA;PIERELLI, Francesco
2013
Abstract
The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet long used to treat refractory epilepsy; ketogenesis (ketone body formation) is a physiological phenomenon also observed in patients following lowcarbohydrate, low-calorie diets prescribed for rapid weight loss. We report the case of a pair of twin sisters, whose high-frequency migraine improved during a ketogenic diet they followed in order to lose weight. The observed time-lock between ketogenesis and migraine improvement provides some insight into how ketones act to improve migraine.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
